Poetry Analysis Review

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Imagery

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Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses, creating a vivid picture in the reader's mind.

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Paraphrase

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To restate text or speech in your own words while maintaining the original meaning.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Symbol

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An object or action that represents something beyond its literal meaning.

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Tone

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The attitude or emotional quality conveyed by the author in a piece of writing.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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Theme

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The central idea or underlying message in a literary work.

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.